Burt Myers (No. 1 Capital Bank Ford) is no stranger to success in the NASCAR Whelen Southern Modified Tour. In fact, Myers is no stranger to success in any type of race car. That's why it seems a little unusual for the Walnut Cove, N.C., driver to not have a win in 2009. But then again, there have been only four races thus far and Myers is ready to be heard from as the season gets back underway this Friday night at Caraway Speedway .

(King, NC): The American Speed Association (ASA) Southern Modified Race Tour (SMRT) event scheduled for July 11 th at Orange County Speedway in Rougemont, NC has been canceled

Tim Brown reinforced his front-runner status with a win in the first of two 25-lap races for the featured Modified Division. Burt Myers, inadvertently helped by Brown's blind draw that put him on the pole for the second race, kept pace with a victory of his own. It was all Brown in the first race, as it has been for much of the season.

LOUDON, N.H. (June 27, 2009) – The New England 100 ended with a wild scramble on the last turn of the last lap that wiped out two of the leaders and provided Donny Lia his second NASCAR Whelen Modified Tour victory at New Hampshire Motor Speedway. Points leader Ted Christopher led at the white flag, with Lia, Todd Szegedy and Ron Silk jockeying for position. Lia dove inside of Christopher as he headed into Turn 3. Moments after Lia took the lead, Szegedy swept underneath both to the front of the line. As they came out of the final turn heading to the checkered flag, all four bounced off each other, with Christopher collecting Szegedy into the wall as Lia slipped by to grab the win.

(June27th)LOUDON , N.H. – NASCAR announced today that the inaugural NASCAR Whelen Modified and Whelen Southern Modified Tour event at Bristol Motor Speedway will be broadcast on SPEED. The UNOH Perfect Storm at Bristol, a 150-lap combination race between the two NASCAR Modified divisions, will mark the first appearance for both the Whelen and Whelen Southern Modified Tours at the “World's Fastest Half Mile” in Bristol, Tenn. The UNOH Perfect Storm at Bristol is set to go green at 6:15 p.m. on Wednesday, August 18 and SPEED will broadcast the event on a 45-minute tape-delay beginning at 7 p.m.

(June27th)Not many outsiders venture into Bowman Gray Stadium's top division to mix it up with savvy veterans on the tight quarter-mile track. And the few who do rarely fare very well. Ron Silk was the exception last Saturday night. Silk, who competes regularly in NASCAR's northern-based Whelen Modified Tour, had an impressive debut with a fourth-place finish in the Tucson 100.

LOUDON, N.H. (June 25, 2009) – Doug Coby captured his second career NASCAR Whelen Modified Tour Coors Light Pole Award Thursday evening in qualifying for the New England 100 at New Hampshire Motor Speedway. Coby (No. 19 Major Motion Transport/Family Auto Center Chevrolet), who was the next-to-last car to go out among the 39 entries, knocked Todd Szegedy (No. 2 UNOH/Wisk/Snuggle Ford) off the provisional pole with a fast lap of 30.003 seconds (126.947 mph), just under Szegedy's time of 30.005 (126.939).

DAYTONA BEACH , Fla. (June 23, 2009) – The NASCAR Whelen Modified Tour will make its first trip of 2009 to the Granite State for the New England 100 at New Hampshire Motor Speedway on Saturday, June 27 in Loudon, N.H.

(Winston Salem, NC): Brown, a seven-time champion working toward winning an eighth, lost the lead in one of eight double-file restarts in the Tucson 100 but managed to grab it back and go on to his third victory of the season. Perhaps more impressive is the fact that Brown has finished outside the top five just once in 11 races this season.

DAYTONA BEACH , Fla. (June 21, 2009) – Modified fans everywhere can follow all the race action from New Hampshire Motor Speedway June 27, as NASCAR has announced that play-by-play audio for the New England 100 will be streamed live on www.nascarhometracks.com , the official site for NASCAR's touring and weekly series.

(King, NC): Officials of the American Speed Association (ASA) sanctioned Southern Modified Race Tour (SMRT) and Motor Mile Speedway have announced the ASA/SMRT tour event scheduled for June 20 th has been rescheduled for Friday August 21 st .

(Winston-Salem, NC): After qualifing 17th and drawing 20th for the start for the "Tucson 100" TC will have to wait another time to try and win at Bowman Gray Stadium. A schedule conflick for Christopher will make him miss next weeks event and the Hillbilly Racing team will have to fined another driver for next week race. Ronnie Silks is the main driver for the #79 modified so maybe he will make the trip down for next weeks event. Rain checks from last night's race will be honored at Saturday's races more photos results and modified lineup

George Brunnhoelzl III (No. 28 Fibrwrap/Oval Speed/PT Ford) was among 19 drivers to attend a test day at Bristol Motor Speedway last Monday. Brunnhoelzl will take a slim two-point lead over Andy Seuss (No. 47 Advance Auto Parts/Q Racing Oil Dodge) when the racing resumes with the Firecracker 150 at Caraway Speedway on Friday, July 3 in Asheboro, N.C.

Michael Clifton kept a tight grip on the weighty three-foot trophy he was awarded for victory in last night's Whelen 100 at Bowman Gray Stadium. It wasn't easy, but Clifton fended off top challengers Burt Myers and Tim Brown two times each for his first victory of the season in the featured Modified Division.

STAFFORD, Conn. (May 22, 2009) – Jimmy Blewett was able to slow down Ted Christopher's dominant start to the 2009 NASCAR Whelen Modified Tour season when he took home the checkered flag in the TSI Harley-Davidson Classic Friday night at Stafford Motor Speedway. Blewett survived six restarts during the race, including a green-white-checker finish, but would not be denied his second career win at the Connecticut half-mile.

NASCAR driver Brian Pack passed away Friday in North Carolina following injuries sustained in a motorcycle accident.“NASCAR is deeply saddened to learn of Brian's passing, and our thoughts and prayers go out to his family and friends,” said Jim Hunter, NASCAR vice president of corporate communications. Pack, 34, from Walkertown , N.C. , was a regular in the Modified division at Bowman Gray Stadium in Winston-Salem , N.C. , and on the NASCAR Whelen Southern Modified Tour.

He looked out over the crowd at the historic Bowman Gray Stadium in Winston Salem earlier last summer, and pondered his thoughts.

Did he wish to be out there? Pee Wee Jones, former six time Bowman Gray Stadium Modified Champ, would give you a sheepish grin and say "no and if I were younger, I would still say no."